Biography:Tomas Ruiz Gonzalez, a
congressman for the former ruling Institutional Revolutionary Party, replaced
Ms Valdes as General Manager of Loteria
Nacional Para La Assistencia Publica in June 2004. Mr. Gonzalez once
served as Mexico's assistant treasury secretary.

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Newly Appointed Lottery
Chief Suspends Funds to Controversial Trust FundMEXICO
CITY, Mexico (July 20, 2004) -- Tomás Ruiz González, the recently
appointed general manager of Loteria Nacional Para La Assistencia Publica,
Mexico's National Lottery, announced that since he assumed control of the
organization last week..................Subscribers

Lottery Heads
Dismissal Described as "Surgical Action"MEXICO
(July 15, 2004)  Local media reports claim President Vicente Fox's sudden
dismissal of the head of Mexico's National Lottery is "surgical action"
to limit damage from the budding scandal.......................Subscribers

Head of Mexico's
National Lottery ReplacedMEXICO CITY, Mexico (July 13,
2004) -- The director of Mexico's National Lottery, Laura Valdes, was replaced
on Tuesday amid accusations that the agency may have favored some private
charities, rather than passing money through normal governmental
channels..........................Subscribers

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